The artwork is Chinese, not Tibetan

[Sir Samson]

Sorry but all those buddhas I saw, dragons, tigers, pandas, Chinese writing, etc etc, are of Chinese art influence. To put it mildly, it is kind of disgusting to call it Tibetan, considering in actuality China has tried to recreate Tibetan art as their own. Shame on you.

[stardazzled]

To be a spoilsport again:

Shangri-La is a fictional place so anything related should automatically be fictional, too. The rest is freedom of creativity. Fictional town, fictional setting, fictional environment.

Lost Horizon on Wikipedia[en.wikipedia.org]
'Lost Horizon is a 1933 novel by English writer James Hilton. The book was turned into a movie, also called Lost Horizon, in 1937 by director Frank Capra. It is best remembered as the origin of Shangri-La, a fictional utopian lamasery high in the mountains of Tibet.'

I suppose, this is where the name of the game comes from. Shangri-La, Tibet, Tibetan Quest. And in my opinion, the Chinese artisery simply was chosen because most people are unaware that Tibet actually is different from China. And because of freedom of creativity.

(Yeah, I know that Zhongdian was renamed into Shanri-La, but still, Shangri-La is a fictional place.)

[Sir Samson]

sorry but tibet and shangri la are two very different things, your argument is beyond stupid

[Ashlord]

tasteless,i agree
i almost laugh out when i saw the chinese word on the temble
im chinese,i can read thouse word,and its totally nonsence

sure there are lot of mistake
but not budda,dragon and panda

tibet is buddism.of couse there are buddas

and they treat dragon as a god
im han people,the majority chinese
we treat dragon as a beast.we like dragons but its not a god to us

and for panda
there is a branch of tibet people.they do "panda dance"
they put panda skin on themselves and dance
becouse killing panda is total illegal now
today they use fake skin

and sorry for my poor english

[Sir Samson]

yes tibetan and chinese buddhism still have distinct differences, but the art is not the same, and the art in this game is not tibetan in the slightest

[Ashlord]

in whole game
theres no prayer wheels
really should not miss that
you can only find that item in tibet
when we talk about tibet there has to be prayer wheels
its like the crose to christians

[stardazzled]

Originally posted by Sir Samson:

your argument is beyond stupid

And your attitude is... funny. I simply don't expect anything about the real Tibet in ANY fictional work. Fictional work usually deals with a fictional Tibet and/or with Shangri-La (like this game does) which is set in a fictional Tibet. A Chinese Tibet which usually looks more like the common idea of China with romantic mysterious majestic snowy mountains. At least the regent wears somewhat authentic clothes, I'd say.

When I see any game about Tibet and I spot actual symbolic, I usually think of it as a nice touch. But if not... no big deal. I don't think that this is meant as an insult.

If you get so angry about this... maybe you should visit a lamasery and spend some time with the mani wheels. I love mine though I prefer Baoding balls. Helps me not to get worked up with some ideas about China's many regions and cultures and people.

[Sir Samson]

lol @ "fictional Tibet", shame on you too

[Nefrarya]

The fictional tibet argument doesn't work for me either, if you call it tibetan you should pay a little more respect and do a bit more research. If anyone did a "romantic africa" today they would get hell from everyone and their aunt.

[EvathCebor]

Originally posted by stardazzled:

Originally posted by Sir Samson:

your argument is beyond stupid

And your attitude is... funny. I simply don't expect anything about the real Tibet in ANY fictional work. Fictional work usually deals with a fictional Tibet and/or with Shangri-La (like this game does) which is set in a fictional Tibet. A Chinese Tibet which usually looks more like the common idea of China with romantic mysterious majestic snowy mountains. At least the regent wears somewhat authentic clothes, I'd say.

When I see any game about Tibet and I spot actual symbolic, I usually think of it as a nice touch. But if not... no big deal. I don't think that this is meant as an insult.

If you get so angry about this... maybe you should visit a lamasery and spend some time with the mani wheels. I love mine though I prefer Baoding balls. Helps me not to get worked up with some ideas about China's many regions and cultures and people.

Well, the "creativity" argument has some limits. Imagine a japanese game set in America with french flags and baguettes everywhere. I kind of like this game, but reading it's not Tibetan at all kind of disgust me, this is so unrespectful of both the local culture and the gamer. Don't panic, I will still enjoy this game though. Doesn't mean it's not a real shame.

He was right, your argument was really beyond stupid. Doesn't mean you are. But come on. "Creativity". A game in Mexico with chinese temples everywhere and nonsense portuguese writings on every front door, you would not call it a "creativity freedom". I call it just a big, terrible, ashaming lack of research. Like a FIFA game with the wrong flags for the national teams.

[sbszine]

There's a Japanese shinto tori in the lake next the the forge too!

[Jsslade]

why can't I award you the jester award rn